Irish hotel owner sells 10th-century Hebrew Bible for $38.1 million
Jacqui Safra, an investor who owns two hotels in County Kerry, sold the centuries-old Codex Sassoon via Sotheby's in New York on May 17.
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Jacqui Safra, an investor who owns two hotels in County Kerry, sold the centuries-old Codex Sassoon via Sotheby's in New York on May 17.
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.
A $700 digital microscope -- in the hands of an ancient manuscripts scholar -- may have added to the significance of an ancient Hebrew Bible manuscript sold for $38 million Wednesday.
By Aleksandra Michalska and Christine Kiernan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1 million on Wednesd...
World's oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38 mn